Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

What is an example of a renewable resource?

• water (hydroelectric)

• oil

• coal

• fossil fuel

Which renewable resource gets its direct energy from the sun? 

• Geothermal

• Solar

• Wind

• Hydrogen

Hyrdo Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

A resource that nature can replace

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

• Natural Sources

• Energy

Nonrenewable Resources

• Resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes within a lifetime (coal, oil, natural gas, rocks, and minerals)

• A resource that nature can replace

• That which is needed to do work

• The space, conditions, and all living and nonliving things around an organism

After a long amount of time, what is formed from the remains of plants and animals buried in Earth's crust?

• Steam

• Water

• Fossil fuels

• Wind

Which of the following resources WILL eventually run out?

• natural resources

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

What are Nonrenewable resources? 

• Resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time  

• Resources that are used faster than they can be replaced 

• Resources America does not use

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

Trees are renewable resources.

• True

• False